When retired US Women’s superstar, Abby Wambach, delivered the commencement speech to the graduating class at Barnard College last year, she gave a simple instruction to those in attendance: fail. Failure is something that is never truly appreciated in our society. In fact, it is condemned. In Patton’s famous speech to his fifth army,…
Sunday Story: Always Maintain a Positive Attitude “Many years ago, a large American shoe manufacturer sent tow sales reps out to different parts of the Australian outback to see if they could drum up some business among the aborigines. Some time later, the company received telegrams from both agents. The first one said, “No business…
Biggest RoadBlocks To Success: While there isn’t a magical formula to guarantee or control success, there are certainly elements within our control that will lead to increasing the probability of achieving success in all aspects of life by avoiding the most common roadblocks. Procrastination: A very simple but effective way to define procrastination…
When you step on the field to play, do you clearly know your objective? I don’t mean to win. Of course you want to win, but how do you get there? Play your role as part of the team, know your objective in the present moment. Without clarity on what you are supposed to do,…
“Each year at CTX Women’s Soccer we look for new ways to find an edge that will help us kick on to a new level both individually and as a team. When Soccer Mindset reached out, we discussed our approach to coaching and how the Mindset Principles can really elevate performance. I knew straight away…
Sunday Stories: Crap There once was a nonconformist bird that decided not to fly south for the winter. He said “I’ve had enough of this flying south every winter, I’ll just stay right here on this farm, what’s the big deal, anyway?” So he stayed. Winter came and was very cold, the nonconformist bird had…